Subbing The Subbing
2016 Made in Bangkok, Thailand
Work format: Video installation (Dimension variable)
Materials: 2 TVs
Introduction:
In Spain, there is a town inhabited by people with the surname Japón, which means Japan in Spanish.
400 years ago a group of Samurai traveled to Europe for some missions.
During their journey, Christianity was prohibited in Japan and some of the Samurais decided to remain to live in Spain to live as Christian. Those named Japón in the Spanish town today are regarded as possible descendants of the Samurai from history.
The work EL JAPONÉS aligns the artist himself as a “Japanese person who just came from Japan” and Mrs. Japón as a “descendant of historically the first migrant from Japan”.
The dialog itself looks like a simple praise of communication but the two juxtaposed "Japanese" people imply and ask different notions such as "nationality", "race" and "immigrant integration".
Special thanks: Mr. and Ms. Japóns whom I met in Coria del Rio
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2022 at Doubutsuen-mae Shopping street, Osaka, Japan / 动物园前商店街（大阪）/ 動物園前商店街（大阪）
Work format: Performance recorded with iphone screen recording / 苹果手机录屏 / iphone画面録画
Materials: tarpaulin / 防水布 / ターポリン(2000 x 3000 mm / 1750 x 1500 mm) , any monitor / 电视监视器 /モニター
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2021 Made in Taiwan
Work format: digital paintings (dimension variable), stories
Introduction:
Do you know the game "Street Fighter"? Street Fighter is a game where fighters from around the world participate in the world martial arts tournament called Street Fighter, each with their own reasons for fighting, aiming to become the winner in the world. It has been played globally. Street Fighter was born in my hometown, Osaka, and had a significant impact on my worldview during my childhood.
During an interview about the "Street Fighter" series at the Taipei Game Show a few years ago, there was a question from the audience: "Will there be any Taiwanese characters in the new Street Fighter series?" It's very natural for a fan of the Street Fighter games to ask this question if any character from their country would appear in their favourite game.
However, if there were a Street fighter character from Taiwan, what kind of character would that be?
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Street Fighter 2 (1991) ©CAPCOM
For this artwork "titled untitled", with the help of eight Taiwanese participants from different backgrounds and a Taiwanese designer, eight tentative characters and backstories were created based on the answers by those eight participants to the questionnaire "If there was a character from Taiwan in the Street Fighter world, what kind of character would that be?
Character design : 魷大 YoDa,
Character design support: 島本剛志
Design support: 范綱燊
Translational support: 何侊倢, 細谷悠生, Rosaline Lu
Script support: 何侊倢
Participants of the project:
金浩誠、吳庭寬、王泊清、鄭乘騏、潘彥琳、陳加鑫、宋世祥、何侊倢
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